Surrendered to the Creator!

The rain is coming down hard outside my office window. As the tree branches blow sideways and the rain forms large puddles that try to drain into the desert, I sit here and wonder how anyone could not believe there is a God. It seems that everywhere I look I see his finger prints. The wind in my face and the rain slapping my skin seem to shake my senses into a loud reminder of his ever present prodding of my heart. He speaks to me in the skies above my head and in the rocks below my feet that alone seem to cry out his praises. And they would, even if no single earthly person ever did...they would because they are his creation and obedient to their Maker.
Creation screams the glory of God and one day earth and heaven will be one. One day we will stand before our Maker and give an account for the life we lived, how we offered him our time, our conversations, our finances, our fears. And how we pressed on in life past the pain to continue to love and be loved, even though the risk seemed to become greater as life moved on. It will be our life goal to offer him more love, more sacrifice, and more surrender of our will to His. No amount of money or gifts could ever compare to the laying down of our lives before the cross of our Savior. He wants our lives as worship not just our sacrifices or our presence in a pew or the songs we sing every Sunday. He wants all of us…he actually demands our life, our soul our all! It is a scary thing to surrender our lives fully. But we slowly begin to feel him offering us back a life that is far more meaningful than anything we could have conjured up on our own. I wonder if one of the keys of spiritual growth as we move forward with the Lord is surrender. Our own nature has a tendency to hold on and protect and make things secure. It seems to go against the call of God as He wants us to let go, entrust all things to him and find him as our security…He is our plan B.

“The world has yet to see what God can do with one life wholly surrendered to Him”. (D.L.Moody)

Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.
This all my prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!